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Upstate Art Weekend Is Quietly Turning into a Major Event for the New York Art World
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. On Friday night at Assembly—a former Catholic girls’ school–turned–music venue in...

Oregon Strengthens Geolocation Data Privacy and Children’s Personal Data Protections, Adding to Compliance for Data Brokers and Others
[co-author: Dylan Searfus] On June 3, 2025, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed HB 2008 into law to amend the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act,[1] the state’s comprehensive data privacy law. Among other items, effective January 1, 2026, the “sale” of two...

Barbara Damrosch’s Life in the Garden
This story was originally published by Barn Raiser, your independent source for rural and small town news. The acclaimed garden writer’s latest book is part memoir, part garden guide and part call to action. On a sunny day in late April, Barbara...

Tracking Sharks
NH Chronicle: Tracking Sharks See how researchers are tracking the Great Whites off our coast. Updated: 1:49 PM EDT Jul 16, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ Tonight, there are sharks in the water. See how local researchers are tagging and tracking the...
State-by-State “Benefit of the Bargain” Round BEAD Update
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced changes to the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program on June 6, 2025, leaving states scrambling to gather new applications that meet...

Dennis Rodman's daughter Trinity Rodman sends love to brother DJ for helping Charlotte Hornets win first ever title in Summer League triumph
Dennis Rodman's daughter, Trinity Rodman, sent love to her brother, DJ Rodman, after he helped the Charlotte Hornets secure their first-ever Summer League title. The forward played a crucial role in his team's Summer League victory as they beat...

Trump’s Mass Firings at Department of Education Are Already Harming US Students
Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! On July 14, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to fire more than 1,300 workers at the Department of...

Congress just passed Trump’s massive tax and spending cuts bill. Here’s what to know
Open this photo in gallery:U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson holds up the vote total during an enrolment ceremony for the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The House has passed...

Here’s what to know about Judge Allison D. Burroughs, federal jurist overseeing Harvard-Trump case
Burroughs hasn’t yet ruled, but Trump already has taken to social media to criticize her as a “TOTAL DISASTER.” Here’s some things to know about her. Her appointment to the federal bench Burroughs, 64, a Boston native, appointed to the federal...

The PFAS Discussion: Update 2025
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the global PFAS discussion is the suddenness with which it seems to have arisen and attracted so much attention in such a brief period of time. In 2019, the topic was of interest largely to non-specialists...

New England Is Safe For This Popular Activity, But Not MA
Here's a simple fact, and it doesn't just apply to Massachusetts residents. This is true for millions upon millions of people all across the globe. Our daily lives have become busier than ever. For some, almost impossibly so. For single people...

Annabelle tour to continue after Dan Rivera’s sudden death: 'The show must go on'
The paranormal community just got hit with a gut punch—Dan Rivera, the guy who wrangled the Annabelle doll and dove headfirst into all that spooky research, passed away out of nowhere in Gettysburg on July 13, 2025. People are seriously shaken up...

Philip R. Frazier
WELLS, ME – Philip R. Frazier, 92, of Wells, Maine, and formerly of Southbury, CT, passed away peacefully on July 4, 2025. Phil was born on March 1, 1933, the son of Philip L. and Mildred (Morgan) Frazier. He grew up on the family dairy farm in...

Connecticut Ranked 14th For Assisting Residents In Poverty
Conducting the game of life in the State of Connecticut is not easy for those living in poverty. We have chosen to survive in one of the highest-taxed states in the US, our properties are very expensive to own or rent, and our job market gets...

New England Paranormal investigator Dan Rivera dies in…
Dan Rivera, lead investigator for the New England Society for Psychic Research, died July 13. Rivera's death occurred during the Gettysburg leg of the "Devils on the Run Tour," featuring the allegedly haunted doll Annabelle The tour, which sold...

Stony Brook University study finds sharks stick around in Long Island waters longer than usual
Sharks are sticking around in Long Island waters later in the season than usual. That’s according to a new study from Stony Brook University's School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. It found migratory east coast sharks leave their summer homes...
Hammerhead sharks spotted recently in RI, MA. What other sharks are in Rhode Island?
It's Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, which means sharks are top of mind. Unlike Cape Cod or Florida, Rhode Island isn't known for its sharks. The are very few confirmed bites in the state's history, but it is the Ocean State and there are...

How The Nuclear Company in Columbia aims to combat the US’s looming energy crisis
The Nuclear Company opens HQ in Columbia, creating 100+ jobs Company aims to combat U.S. electricity shortfall with nuclear power Fleet-based reactor model targets safer, faster construction AI-driven energy demand pushing need for...

Video, Paper Chase Led To Arrest Of Peace Activist's Hit & Run Killer
Jabez Choi file photo Peace activist Yusuf Gürsey, killed in April 2024 in hit and run. “No one would be able to avoid that,” an officer told the suspect arrested for a hit and run that killed a local peace activist. The problem was that the...

Wrapped train cars in Portland create further issues between developers, railroad
The train cars that are not being used are visibly parked on the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad tracks and wrapped for storage to prevent damage and weatherization. PORTLAND, Maine — A 10-acre, multi-use development is underway in Portland's eastern...